Nikolaos Milas: > I'm asking trying to learn: > > Is there a benefit of using LMTP for local delivery when using Dovecot? > Why not use Dovecot LDA (without using LMTP)?
Better scalability, performance, and error handling than is possible with the pipe-to-command interface. > In Postfix documentation, I've read about lmtp that "The advantage of > this setup is that one Postfix machine can feed multiple mailbox servers > over LMTP. The opposite is true as well: one mailbox server can be fed > over LMTP by multiple Postfix machines." > > And I wonder: > > 1. Can't this be done also with Dovecot LDA? Yes, if you limit yourself to one machine. Wietse